Steering-wheel hand-warmer.



O. J. HALLUM.

STEERING WHEEL HAND WARMER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1912.

1 079 231 Patented Nov. 18, 1913.-

QNITE is o provide a simple detuuhahle means adapt ed 50 be applied to steering wheels of nmtni Villltlflfi, or machines employing" :1 slewing: shaft and hand wheel for operation oi the mine, for the purpose of wuri'i'iing; thc hands grasping the wheel in munipuluiimi lhel'eni.

The invention resides furi'lI-zr in the pmvisiun Hf u haml warming :ztiawhxnuni bus cupi h: of use in cunneciim: with iles'u'ic 01' other heating means and which is hehl in place upon hand. slewing when. by symiiul mean cuiporuiing with the SPCh'iS of ihe \vl'ieel in order to i'naintain ihe vmiiming ta-chnient 0:: healer in its pmpsi" pos 'inn.

For a full nndei'simnling of the prvsa-nt invention, reference is in he hzul to ihe following (lCSCi'ij btlQIl and to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure. l is :1 9p plan View shm'ing; warming or h nting :itluclimunis ill=llfi l to an ui'dinzu'y automobile 522ml when one of the (.lLWlLQS linin .(Wilflll and the (ll'll-Ll i1; tug; pl

View an 1;

lzlrged seuiiomu m n? lliu swivekwl mm "King" of ihe the fuel gum is nmvwll lhi'uughum the following tinn and on the sew-1': 1 fig 11' ing's, similar puiig m0, x'cfcnml ix: n-forcnce cl :u'zzcivia in the pyvl'ur's'ml zulxiplnlIH-u mi ihu i111: lion it is r.umK*mgil:1l-u this iliii hunting" vice maltau-lmwnt shall mml ,isic 2'; ii1i3i (nrip when Li,}' j')il('ii in Ll; i so that the 05x; s' hzzml the same will be i'iw ilily & ing actinn of the zitmclima nt lated by suitable mm:

As shown in T 1. (if ihv ordinary stceriny iaiieel has; he inwnuvn State :1

applied litre-lo the heating 0r warming means iJUljHlSln 1; pair cf l-taclmble 1: latter has once b 3251 attach a in 3i 1 its middle pm-aion, the is'provided with a lateral TQCBSSz'id mum member 5, the outer IQCQSSGLi portion of w ich i orms a sea; engaging the adjacent side of the wheel, 1 and tending; tq pim'ent any pivotal n'zmvzncnt of the part 2 such as would carry he SZIUZQ out of the plane of the H3109 l. The nimiber 5 Virtually sun sLilULQg smp. The healing attachniient 2, as shuwn in Fig. 1 is of the alectrical type, lhew; being it evil (5 arranged in the tubular poitinn "If the device wiih its fcrininals Suitli iy minim ml wilh wires 7 leading 20 any wuiiuh of. current gunui'utur. The

(Q 5U i coil i may he arranged to surround a baa. 01' mm i i, Ln uno and 01" which is attached a lamb 0r fingm' pic-Po i), and the opposite {and mi Lhe mmnhnr 8 may have detachable :mmvctin-n 'Wiillz siwmw knob 16. The knobs and I? are, of 00111150, located at opposite CIHlS' if 1310 n 't 9.

is; shown m Fig. a niqllilied form of ili-l'ililii' :ncam will his utilized, a removable: "'(l gum 01* my 11 hiking inserted \llllzil nulh; m zlimwhnienb 2.

':i in igg. l, attachment has;

551 ii Hlilk'} to permit of ith openings 2 .h the openings oycd for l in Fig. 2, ml being; @115 V is secured 'i and the 0p 2 ins: may "l a ll-111R SCI'CVJ (011" laitei' being, nvent end (if the knob lO.,

he iinparmd 2:0 as to in gist-when. and 2 n U.

' wheels, or the like,

may be regulated readily., As the parts of the device are shown in Fig. 2, the fuel pan 11 is adjusted to occupy a position at the innerrnost limit of its movement within the part 2. If the knob 10, therefore, is rotated slightly, since said knob is swiveled upon the adjacent end of the part 2, as shown most clearly in F ig. 6, the pan 11 will move longitudinally in the part 2, to thereby vary the relative positions of the openings 2 and 2. This movement of the fuel pan is very slight and will probably not exceed onefourth of an inch in a working device made in accordance with the invention. When the fuel pan is moved longitudinally in the direction of the knob 9, by turning the knob 10' in the manner above described, said knob 9' is forced away from the adjacent end of the part 2, in a manner which will be readily apparent.

Having thus described the what is claimed as new is:

1. A heating attachment for steering the same comprising a tubular member having heat escape openings, a heater disposed in said tubular member and having openings to register with those first mentioned, and means for efi'ecting movement of the heater to cause the same to act as a valve, regulating the operative area of the heat escape openings of the tubular member.

2. A heating attachment for steering wheels, or the like, the same comprising a tubular member having heat escape openings, a heater disposed in said tubular meminvention,

'ber and comprising a fuel receptacle having openings to register with those first mentioned, and means for effecting movement of the heater to cause the same to act as a valve regulating the operative area of the heat escape openings of the tubular member.

3. A heating attachment for steering whcels,'or "the like, the same comprising a tubular member having-heat escape openings, a heater disposed in said tubular memher and comprising a curved fuel receptacle having openings to register with those first mentioned, and means for effecting longitudinal movement of the heater to cause the same to act as a valve regulating the operative area of the heat escape open? ings of the tubular member.

4. A heating attachment for steering wheels, or the like comprising a handle. a heater disposed in said handle and having means at one end for removing it bodily from the handle, and a rotatable member at the other end of-the handle operatively connected with the heater to secure the latter from displacement from within the handle.

5. The combination with a hand steering wheel, a heating attachment thereforcomprising a tubular member, a heating device in said member, a knob at one end of the tubular member connected with the heating device for removal of the same, and a knob at the other end of said tubular member connected with the heating device for detachably securing the same in position.

6. A heating device for hand steering wheels, the same comprising a tubular member, means for detachably connecting said member with a wheel, a heating device in said member, the tubular member and heating- 'device having corresponding heat escape openings, a knob connected with the heating device at one end for removal of the same, and a knob adjustably connected with the heating device at the other end for adjustment of the same to regulate the size of said openings.

7. A heating attachment for steering wheel. or the like, comprising a tubular member adapted to be grasped and used as a handle and having heat escape openings, and a heater mounted in said tubular member and adjustable to control the operative area of said openings.

8. A heating attachment for wheels, or the like, handle, a heater disposed in said handle and having means at one end for removing it from the handle. and means at the other end of the tubular member coacting therewith and with the heater to secure the heater in place in the handle. I

in testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE J. HALLUM.

\Yitnesses:

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steering comprising a tubular 

